1. In 250 words, describe the interaction between the patient, the third-party payer, the employer, and the health care provider in dealing with the cost of insurance.How is the government involved in the the cost and the cost-containment of health care service?How is the health care insurance industry involved in the the cost and the cost-containment of health care service?How do the uninsured receive health care services? Who pays for these services? What are your views on who should provide health care for the uninsured and how it should be funded? How will the ACA impact the costs of health care delivery?

2. In 250 words, describe the ways economic activity is defined and measured in the health care industry and how these outcomes impact the business-side of health care delivery.Describe how health care businesses can monitor and evaluate the external environment of health care delivery and why this is important.Give some examples of an external environment analysis from your personal experience.How did you make a choice in health care providers based upon information from sources other than the provider?

Be sure to cite sources to support your opinions. Be sure to respond to some of your colleagues’ posts

• Read: Pearson. (2012). Chapter 2: The business side of health care PowerPoint. In The United States health care system: Combining business, health, and delivery.
• Read: Pearson. (2012). Chapter 3, The payment process: Insurance & third-party payers PowerPoint. In The United States health care system: Combining business, health, and delivery.
• Read: Pearson. (2012). Chapter 4: The payment process: Government payment programs PowerPoint. In The United States health care system: Combining business, health, and delivery.
• Watch: PBS NewsHour (2012, September 24). Documentary: Why does U.S. health care cost somuch [Video file]? Retrieved from https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4ZRgVQALFUA (6:36)
• Watch: Mangan, D. (2015, October 8). US health-care spending is high. Results are…not so good [Article and video file]. Retrieved from http://www.cnbc.com/2015/10/08/us-health-care-spending-is-high-results-arenot-so-good.html (3:32)
• Watch: ARTLOVERRR. (2012, March 17). US health care rated most expensive and DEAD last in services [Video file]. Retrieved from https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AUeQQFGhbzM(7:47)